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DENISON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, July 21 1937
WEBKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1934
VOL. 4—NO. 25
TWO DIE IN CRASH
ON BELLS HIGHWAY
Whitewright Men Succumb to Injuries Fol-
lowing Crash With Dixie Bus East of Sher-
man Late Tuesday Night; Number Hurt
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Two persons were killed and
four seriously injured eight miliM
east of Sherman on the Bolls
highway Tuesday night when n
Dixie Trailways bus and an auto-
Spikes Rumor Of
Paralysis Break,
City Of Dallas
Seven Cases aro Reportc !
So Far This Year* Is Sum-
mertime Disease, Claimed
DALLAS—A persistent rumor
that an Infantile paralysis out-
break might occur hero momentar-
. ily, was spiked today, by Dr. J.
Dowis, city epidemiologist.
Dr. Dowis pointed out Dallas
averages seven and one-half cases
of paralysis every twelve months
and so far this year 600 practic-
ing physicians have reported sev-
en cases.
Of the seven cases reported, sit
were directly connected with ex-
posure outside the city of Dallas;
four were non-resident* who de-
veloped the disease after arriving
here. Only one death was re-
ported from the cause. He said
there was nothing to fear from
the cases, inasmuch as they have
been isolated.
The epidemiologist thinks that
there will not be more than a
half dozen further cases of polio,
as the profession calls it, during
the remainder of 1937. As yet,
he said, the great majority, of
physicians are not advising the
spraying treatment.
Poliomyelitis, Dr. Dowis point-
ed out, is almost entirely a sum-
mertime disease with the first
frost making it virtually non pro-
ductive of new eases. He said
It is largely confined to rural dis-
tricts, small towns and surburban
areas. Most frequently it affects
Children between the ages of 10
and 15.
Most affected areas of the na-
tion at the presnt time, a chart
shows, are Texas, Oklahoma, Ark-
ansas, Mississippi and Missouri.
"To those mothers who askad
advicp on how to keep their child-
ren from catching infantile para-
lysis," Dr. Dowis said: "Keep the
children away from crowded plac-
es, don't go visiting relatives in
districts where you know infantile
paralysis is current and don't re-
cieve visitors from those affected
, ureas until the scare is over."
Former Denison
Boy, E. Ingram,
Drowned, Dallas
mobile crashed.
Buck Ilopper of Whitewrignt,
35, died in a Sherman hospital
about two hours after the acci-
dent. E. R. Aleaxnder of White-
wright died later of a fractured
skull. John C. Hefner of White-
wright, driver of the car, has u
badly fractured and lacerated leg
and cuts about the face. Alvin
Ward of Cooper suffered a
wrenched back and head injuries.
Mrs. Jesse Taylor of Oklahoma
City suffered minor bruises aiu! a
sprained shoulder.
The accident happened shortly
after a heavy rain and the con-
crete slab was wet. The Hefner
car swerved from the slab, the'i
swung back into the path of tli*>
bus, investigating officers report-
ed.
The motor of the Hefner car
was driven back under the frort
seat. F. M. Lester of Paris, b.ts
driver, swung his vehicle into a
field after the collision.
CHEAT SOUTHERN
MEN HOLD MEETING
A meeting of Great Southern
life insuracno salesmen will be
held at the Hotel Grayson, Sher-
man, beginning Tuesday, accord-
ing to announcement received to-
day by Stephen F. Bruno, local
agent, who will attend the meet'
ing. A. C. Raines, agency direc-
tor, will conduct the conference.
Check Ballistics
TALLAHAlSSE, Fla.—Following
the finding of the bodies of twj
negroes identified as Richard
Hoffman and G. Honden who were
left by a roadside, officers have
ordered a ballistics investigation,
and all guns of officers will be
carefully checked.
The shooting, which is though'.,
to have been by officers, is d2-
clared to be by the investigating
judge nothing by a lynching mu?'
der.
Americans to
Be Protected
Pieping Area
Interests of United States in
Far East to Receive Pro-
tection; Japanese Artil-
lery Continues tq Pour in
Protest Brutal
Treatment, Pair
"Most Unfortunate" Japs
Declare of Incident In-
volving Beating of Women
PEIPIN—Orders were given to
Americans to see that the port
and other interests of the United
States be kept open for such com-
merce as is necessary and all
available Americans, soldiers and
private citizens, were ordered to
form lines of fortification to that
end.
American interests must and
will be protected under the pres-
ent conditions, it is declared.
PEIPING — Japanese artillery
continues to pour into the sector
where shelling of the Chineses
garrison was carried on for more
than two hours last night.
That the situation looms worse
for war is seen in the fact that
China has positively refused to
bow to the ultimatum of Japan
and has answered that t^ey will
not give one more inch to Nippon.
PEIPIN—Following a vigorous
protest by the U. S. embassy re-
garding brutal treatment declared
to have been given two American
women Sunday night, reply was
made by. the .Japanese that it
i "was a most unfortunate inci-
dent." The matter will be in-
vestigated, the Japanese promise.
The women, Miss Carol Lathrop
of Washington and Mrs. Helen R.
Jones, of Detroit, werb attacked,
kicked and beaten and had guns
pointed at them by Japanese sol-
diers in the embassy quarters
while .walking toward their hotel,
they claimed.
Queen Elizabeth of Great Brit-
ain will get an honorary degree
next autum from the University
of London.
BARKLEY IS ELECTED
AS SENATE LEADER
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Everett Ingram, 12, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. O. Ingram, was
drowned while swimming at Buck-
ner's home Tuesday, when he was
washed over the spillway and
carried beyond aid. He was car-
ried under the drainage of the
highway and was knocked uncon-
scious by the impact of his body
against the walls of the spillway.
The body of the boy was
brought to Denison for interment
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock
in Oakwood. Services will be in
charge of Rev. L. R. I.amb, di-
rected by Short-Murray.
Parents of the lad died in Den-
ison, the father Nov. 20, W27
and the mother April 25, 1932.
He was placed, with a brother,
Harold, in the home in January,
1935.
Surviving are his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. McFarland,
Pickens, Okla., a grandmother,'
Mrs. L. B. Ingram, Denison, be-,
sides uncles W. H. Ingram and
Earl Vaughn, New Mexico, aunts,
Mrs. E.\S. Frost, Denison and
Mrs. J. R. Turner, Whitesboro.
• Besides Harold, who is in the
home, three other borders are
James Ingram and Eden Ingram,
Denison and Edmond Ingram,
Pickens, Ok.
WASHINGTON— Senator Al-
ben W. Bnrkley of Kentucky wt:s
elected leader of the Senate in a
close contest today lasting less
than an hour, 38 to 37, defeating
Pat Harrison of Mississippi. Both
are 'Democrats.
Barkley was named to fill the
place vacated by the sudden death
of Senator Joseph Robinson of
Arkansas last week.
While Washington believes the
Supreme Court bill has been kill-
ed, at least for this session of
Congress, supporters of the meas-
ure elected Barkley to the posi-
tion.
Following his defeat Harrison
extended his hand In friendship
to Barkley who expressed confi-
dence ^ey would be able to con-
tinue working together.
Fred Tindal is Killed and Traxler I
Wounded, Captured by Two Hostages
As Desperadoes Change Auto Tires
JUMPED ATDURANTa
WASHINGTON—One of the
closest battles in the U. S. Sen-
ate is expected in choosing the
successor of the late Senator Rob-
inson, as backers of Senator Har-
rison of Mississippi, claim they
have an edge over the backers of
Senator Barkley of Kentucky.
Harrison announced early to-
day that if he were elected he
would spend his best efforts in
trying to bring about harmony in
the ranks of Democrats and that
he would devote his best efforts
for the welfare of his country.
COURT BILL DEAD,
BELIEVES CONGRESS
WASHINGTON—The Supreme
Court bill ij dn>d, it lr:t.<; for
this session of congress accord-
ing to action taken by seven of
the members who hHve been non-
committed before on tho measure,
when they indicated they would
join the opposition forces for the
whole matter to be passed up un-
til some other date.
The step to be taken to shelve
the measure will be by refering
the whole matter back to the ju-
diciary committee. This will mean
an end of the whole matter for
this present session and will either
bring about an early ending of
congress and speeding up on some
of the important matters that
need to be taken care of.
Mr. Roosevelt has taken the po-
sition that unless the Supreme
Court plan be put through, the
whole structre of the new deal
is imperiled.
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
By DULCE MURRAY
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July 21, 1875 |
Deputy) Sheriff Covey received
a telegram from the sheriff of
Dallas county Tuesday morning to
arrest a man named Wal-
lace West, charged with murder.
West had been heard of a few
miles from this city and Tuesday
forenooVi, Covey, accompanied by
Constable Cummins, Holeford and
Maupin, went to a Mr. Barn-
heart's', where it was understood
West had been seen and captured
him. He started for his pistol
when he saw the officers, but
finally concluded he better sur-
render without resistance. He re
marked that if he had known they
were coming, he would have "got"
two or three of them before they
would have captured him. Covey
started to Dallas with the prisoner
Tuesday evening.
The thief captured by Police
man O'Neal, Monday evening, was
turned over to Deputy Marshal
Summerhill, from the Nation,
Tuesday morning and he started
with him in the evening for Fort
Smith. The prisoner, named Sib-
ley, had a chum named Young,
vho vas feci etc d ih a box fcar
near the depot and when Sibley
saw O'Neal coming down the
street, he ran to the car and gave
the alarm. Young ran in the op-
posite direction and made his es-
cape.
The attention of the city coun-
cil is called to the condition of
Gandyi street west of Burnett
avenue. It s almost impassable
in consequence of holes and
stumps left there by the city
vags. They Endanger the safety
of carriages and other vehicles
driven down that thoroughfare.
July 21, 1887
The first of two games for the
championship between the Texar-
kana Gate Citys and the Gate
Citys of Denison took place at
the Woodlawn Gun and Baseball
park Sunday afternoon in the
presence of upwards of a thous-
and spectators. The game was
called at 3:30, Texarkana going
to bat. It had been expected,
that with a Pine Bluff profes-
sional battery, a Fort Smith pro-
fessional first basemah and a
Southwestern league short stop,
that Texarkdna would wipe up
the ball ground with the Denison
nine and consequently even bets
found very few takers. In fact a
great many Denison men bet
against their own. team whenever
they, found others foolhardy
enough (as they supposed) to
take them. The first inning dem-
onstrated that the Denison men
were not disposed to "wipe."
They whitewashed their opponents
and then going to bat made one
run. The second inning resulted
in a goose egg on both sides, but
in the third Denison got in two
runs and their opponents one.
Nothing further was scored on
either side until the eighth inning
when Texarkana got in another
run, but in the ninth their usual
fortune attended them and the
game came to a close with a
score of 3 to 2 in favor of the
Denison Gate Citys they still hav-
ing the last half of the ninth inn-
ing to play. The Denison lineup:
Mitchel, 3b; Cook. 2 b; Fears, c;
Andrus, p; Crooks, If; Chapman,
lb; Nelms, cf; Alexander, rf;
Oliver, ss.
July 21, 1902
The Denison Indians got clean-
ed up at Lehigh last Sunday. It
was probably the best game, of
ball ever played in the Territory,
and places the Lehigh boys at the
head of the list as the best all-
around ball players in the Indian
Territory. We understand that
the game was topped off with
Several fights between citlxens.
Large Number To
!" Attend Leonard
Picnic, Claim
Denison to be Given Day at
Annual Picnic There;
Ralph Porter Group Head
At least a hundred Denisonians
are expected to congregate at the
Chamber of Commerce at 6 p. m.
Thursday for a trip to Leonard
and Denison Day at the annual
picnic there.
The fair, already in operation
several days, will see Thursday as
the biggest day of the event,
being home coming and Denison
Day, according to Ralph Porter,
of Denison, chairman of the com-
mittee formulating plans for the
evening.
Porter said there would be no
local program outside of a prob-
able reception by, the Katy band
which scored a hit at the White-
wright picnic last week.
All local citizens wishing to
make the trip are urged to con-
tact the Chamber of Commerce
here so officials might know how
many expect to attend.
Burget Quits
Katy Job To
Take Pension
With Katy Lines Thirty-One
Years, Senior Fireman,
Tenders His Resignation
Edd Burget, officially tendered
his resignation with the superin-
tendent's office Tuesday to take
advantage of the railway retire-
ment act.
Mr. Burget, residing at 223 W
Munson street, is the seventh Den-
ison employe of the Katy to resign
since the retirement bill went in-
to affect. lie is the first of the
locomotive engineers here to take
the pension offered.
Burget began his rail service
with November 6, 1906 and has
served the Katy lines all during
the thirty-one year span. He is
listed twenty-fifth on the fireman
seniority roster.
The other six Katv employes
now on the retirement rolls are
L. C. Flowers, E. S. Scott, J. M.
Strode. R, H. Taylor, B F. Stovall
and (-'• S. Williams.
Thirty-seven carloads of pig
iron from a city in Colorado was
hauled by tho Katy today by way
of Ft. Worth to Galveston. The
iron will be shipped on boats from
the Texas coast to points in Eng-
land.
Everyday
DENISON
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Denison is making plans to take
quite a number from here to the
annual Leonard festival Thursday
night which has been designated
as Denison Day. Only the Katy
band will have an active part in
the program for the evening there
as no formal program has been
arranged. Chamber of Commerce
officials, sponsoring the trip, are
debating whether to have the de-
legates meet at the Chamber or
the high school where more room
is available for cars to be used
on the itenerary.
The greatest subject on the
streets this morning is the chase
in this area of Pete Traxler and
his companion, Fred Tindal, both
of who shortly before noon today,
had done pretty well in keeping
out of the law's clutches. The
last report leads officers to believe
the desperadoes are headed for
other parts of the county to es-
cape the dragnet spread over this
section by enough cops to make
up the rear guard of Cox's army.
The last time such a wide hunt
was held was when the Hoods,
father and sons, were roaming
about. The Hoods were later
caught a thousand miles from here
EARLY TUESDAY BUT
ESCAPE, GREEN FORD
Traxler's Wife Is Taken by Oklahoma Offi-
cers at Dead End Hiway near Aylesworth;
Claims She Was Talked into Joining Them
Traxler's book of life has the
final chapter of his story al-
ready written. Modern day
scientific methods and communica-
tions won't let the men roam at
large long. Theii cars may be
driven ninety miles Jin hour, but
telegraphic and telephonic com-
munications can go much faster in
order to nip their flight.
Final preparations have been
made by the Katy band, under the
direction of George Williams to
play, a concert at Denison day
Thursday at the Leonard picnic,
announcement is made by E. B.
Woodmansee, president of the
band and drum corps.
Needs Only $50
So Leaves Rest
In Hiding Place
KANSA CITY—W. C. Daugh-
erty thought he placed his $83 in
a safe hiding place. A note was
left by the burglar in the hiding
j lace which declared "This wi'l
teach you not to be so careless
with your money. I needed $50
and had to Hive it." The rob-
ber left the other $33 in the hl'l-
'ng place.
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One can hear a feeling of sor-
row for the desperadoes, some ev-
en hoping they might escape.
Why? So they can prey on hu-
manity that much longer? Crim-
inals are not something you can
pet and make friends with; they
are the type tyho let you feed
them and then bite your hand and
rob your pocketbook. Now the
chase has reached the point that
officers wont' stick their necks
out looking for them, they have to
take action and ask questions lat-
er. Modern day criminals, in the
most part, would just as soon
shoot a person down as look at
him when they own personal safe-
ty is endangered. Deal with
thugs with an iron hand. There
is little sympathy in the makeup
of rightminded persons for these
human vultures.
A Dallas negro woman took a
shot at a negro man because she
said she loved him. It's pretty
difficult for a man decide whether
he loves a woman or not with lead
whistling past his ear. He is
afraid of developing lead poison-
ing, a sometime fatal disease par-
ticularly after it reaches the vital
organs.
ST. LOUIS—John Creager
wanted money which ha claimed
the railroad company owed him.
He shouted once too often for it
in the station for the money de-
claring in a loud voice "I want my
money."
I On placing him under arrest
officers found he wore a money
belt with the sum of $1,460 pin-
ned In it. The belt was under
big arm.
It is always interesting to come
in contact with those persons who
say: "If I say anything you print
it. Call me on the phone and if
I feel like it, I'll tell you." It
invuriaby comes from some one
who talked out of turn and has
been bawled out by higher ups.
One will find in most cases the
paper fellows will keep confiden-
ces indefinitely and won't print
anything they think is not for
publication. The speakers will
find their tough remarks are just
so much horsefeathers to report-
ers who care less than little what
they, say. Like water on a ducks
back.
More than two hundred local, county, state and Fed-
eral officers today were staging an intensive manhunt,
the greatest in the southwest since the Hood family epi-
sode two years ago, for Pete Traxler, escaped Texas
penitentiary criminal and his partner, Fred Tindal,
Every highway within a radius of fifty miles| from
Denison into Oklahoma was patrolled by heavily armed
officers to prevent the desperadoes from returning in this
direction, after several gun battles from Sherman to
Aylesworth, Oklahoma, the last place the criminals were
definitely seen by officers.
Shortly after 6 a. m. Wednesday, Traxler and his
companion were seen in a dark geen 1936 Ford V-8 in
Durant, believed stolen. A third party in the car seen
in Durant is believed to be the owner of the machine,
kidnaped and held for protection.
■ 1 Later in the morning officers
said tips came the two were seen
New Variety
^JOlRiFORK, V«.—Grasshoppers
invading the country at the pres.
cnt time are declared by students
of pests as being a different mod-
el definitely this year, from any-
thing else prior.
Cubs. Giants In
Battle For First
Place In League
Yanks Continue Streak, Tak-
ing Double Header Off
St. Louis Browns Tuesday
The American league race is
just about settled, but the Nation-
al loop chase is really getting
down to rock bottom with Chicago
leading, closely followed by New
York. Pittsburgh, in third place,
is far down the field and looks
like a weak threat on the horizon
dominated by the Cubs and
Giants.
Tuesday afternoon the Jints i
g'i;ned a l a'f game on the idle j
Cubs by defeating Cincinnati 1 j
to 3 in ten innings behind the j
five hit flinging of Cliff Melton, j
Brookyln was outhit by Pittsburgh j
but managed to take a 2 to 1 de- J
cision despite effective hurling of •
Cy Blanton.
Boston found ragged playing in I
the field and defeated St. Louis >
5 to 3. Robbit Warsler hit three
times to lead the attack.
In the American loop Now York
went further out ahead by taking
a double header from St. Louis 5
to 4 in ten innings and 9 to 6-
Hildebratid held the Yanks to 5
hits in the opener, but a homer
by Joe DiMaggio with two on
base, beat him. Chicago won its
sixth straight at the expense of
Washngton and Wes Ferrell 4 to
3 in ten chapters.
Cleveland batters hit plenty, of
nomers but Philadelphia won 7
to 5 in a slugfest. In another
ten frame game Detroit copped
off Boston 10 to 9 when a single
by Hank Greenberg scored Billy
Rogell. Jimmy Foxx hit a pair
of homers.
Texas league fans witnessed
Dallas drop another one 4 to 3 to
San Antonio; Oklahoma City beat
Galveston 5 to 3; Tulsa blank
Houston 4 to 0 and Benuntont
knock aside Fort Worth 12 to 4.
leaving Caddo, Okla., ten mile?
froij: Duran,t beaded south. How-
ever, police said they believed
Tiaxler and Tindal were traveling
in the direction of Arkansas to
miss the huge dragnet spread in
this area.
The stolen machine is believed
BOSWELL, Okla Fred
Tindal was killed and Pete
Traxler was believed to be
mortally wounded by the two
farmers taken as hostages by
the men near here shortly be-
fore noon today, according to
authentic reports reaching
here.
Traxler, dangerously wound-
ed, was brought to this city
along with the body of TindA?
The two men held as hos-
tages were J. E. Benton of
Tishomingo and Frank Prim-
er of Pleasant Hill, not far
from Caddo, Okla.
Tindal dropped in bis tracks
and Traxler was shot in tho
breast and lungs. His re-
covery is doubtful.
Drive Carefully—A Life
Three Caught
In Stickup
HOUSTON—Three men, caught
in a holdup of a drug store, have
been identified as escaped con-
victs, after a shooting scrnpe in
which an officer, B. F. Roberts, a
patrolman, was wounded in the
arm.
Two ot. the robbers were in-
jured In the battle.
The men gave their names as
John Ivey, Oscar Franier and Don
Slmma.
to have been stolen at Pleasant
Hill, Oklahoma. A Federal bu-
reau of investigation flash urged
all officers to be on the lookout.
Flushed Near Here
Another report today indicated
Traxler and Tindal had been
flushed near here in the Red River
bottoms, but had fled toward
Caney, Okla.
Shortly after 7 a. tu. today, j
number of Oklahoma cars, piled
high with officers, came through
Denison at a rapid rate with st
rens screaming on a "Traxler
hunt." which proved futile.
Wife Nabbed
Traxler's wife, picked Up at her
home in Verden, Oklahoma, by
her husband two days ago, wati
arrested near Aylesworth, Okla.,
by Deputy Sheriffs L. R. Mc-
Laughlin, Ben Risner and Con-
stable Green Beems of Kingston
Tuesday. ^
The officers came upon the
hunted men nnd woman on a dead
road and opened fire. Their
fire was returned. Traxler and
Tindal fled into the thickets. Mrs.
Traxler fainted and was surround-
ed by more than a hundred pos*e
men, drawn by the gun fire, when
she regained consciousness. She
was placed in the Durant jail on
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NOTICE
If yon do not get you papoi
delivered to you by 5 p. m. eacf
lay, pleas* phone 8i>0 and ow
trill he sent yon.
THE DENISON Pf
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